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The Pura Belpré Award Book List

Presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. It is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (REFORMA), an ALA Affiliate. The awards are given biennially.

Narrative | Illustration

Narrative Award Winners
2010	Return to Sender	Julia Alvarez (Alfred A. Knopf) J FIC Alv
2009	The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom	Margarita Engle (Henry Holt) Y 811.54 EN
2008	The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano	Margarita Engle (Henry Holt) J 921 EN
2006	The Tequila Worm	Viola Canales (Wendy Lamb Books) Y FIC Can
2004	Before We Were Free	Julia Alvarez (Alfred A. Knopf) Y FIC Alv
2002	Esperanza Rising	Pam Muñoz Ryan (Scholastic Press) Y FIC Rya
2000	Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba	Alma Flor Ada (Atheneum) J 921 Ad11a
1998	Parrot in the Oven: mi vida	Victor Martinez (HarperCollins) Y FIC Mar
1996	An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio	Judith Ortiz Cofer (Orchard Books) Y SS Ort

Illustration Award Winners
2010	Book Fiesta! Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day; Celebremos El día de los niños/El día de los libros	Rafael López, text by Pat Mora (Rayo/HarperCollins)
2009	Just In Case : A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book	Yuyi Morales (Roaring Brook Press) E FIC Mor
2008	Los Gatos Black on Halloween	Yuyi Morales, text by Marisa Montes (Henry Holt) E FIC Mon
2006	Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart	Raul Colón, text by Pat Mora (Alfred A. Knopf) E FIC Mor
2004	Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book	Yuyi Morales (Chronicle Books) E FIC Mor
2002	Chato and the Party Animals	Susan Guevara, text by Gary Soto (Putnam) E FIC Sot
2000	Magic Windows	Carmen Lomas Garza (Children's Book Press) J 306.85 Lo SPA ENG
1998	Snapshots from the Wedding	Stephanie Garcia, text by Gary Soto (Putnam) E FIC Sot
1996	Chato's Kitchen	Susan Guevara, text by Gary Soto (Putnam) E FIC Sot

For more information about this award visit the Pura Belpré Award Web page.

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